lookout

[ look-out ]

/ ˈlʊkˌaʊt /

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noun

the act of looking out or keeping watch.

a watch kept, as for something that may happen.

a person or group keeping a watch.

a station or place from which a watch is kept.

an object of care or concern: That's not my lookout.

tailpiece(def 4).

Chiefly British. view; prospect; outlook: The business lookout is far from optimistic.

Origin of lookout

First recorded in 1690–1700; noun use of verb phrase look out

SYNONYMS FOR lookout

3 sentinel, sentry, patrol, guard.

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Words nearby lookout

lookie-likie, looking, looking glass, looking-glass self, lookism, lookout, lookout mountain, lookup, looky, loom, loom large

Definition for lookout (2 of 2)

Lookout

[ loo k-out ]

/ ˈlʊkˌaʊt /

noun

Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.

Example sentences from the Web for lookout

In August 2010, a formal “Be on the Lookout” list was created instructing staff to flag applications of tea party groups.

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And later it came out that the word “progressive” was also used to flag applications on another IRS “Be on the Lookout” list.

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Kyle was said to have served only as a lookout while the others jumped.

Hero or Criminal? James Brady, the WTC Ironworker Who Jumped Off the Building |Michael Daly |March 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Sometime afterward he got in his Jeep and drove the winding road to Hanapepe lookout.

Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon |Robert Sam Anson |March 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Holcomb is a leading pitchman, and is always on the lookout for talent in unexpected places.

Is It Really That Easy to be an Olympic Bobsledder? |Kevin Fixler |January 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yet that is how he managed to live through the lonely days he spent up there in the lookout station.

The Lookout Man |B. M. Bower
After making what he considered a bad beginning politically, young Lincoln was on the lookout for a "business chance."

The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln |Wayne Whipple
Nor was my perturbation decreased by the reëntrance of the lookout some half hour after he had gone out.

More Tish |Mary Roberts Rinehart
He was always on the lookout for her as he went about the town, always vaguely expecting her as he sat in his office at night.

Song of the Lark |Willa Cather
The old hermit, or some of his new friends, may be on the lookout.

Tom Fairfield in Camp |Allen Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for lookout

lookout

/ (ˈlʊkˌaʊt) /

noun

the act of keeping watch against danger, etc

a person or persons instructed or employed to keep such a watch, esp on a ship

a strategic point from which a watch is kept

informal worry or concern that's his lookout

mainly British outlook, chances, or view

verb look out (adverb, mainly intr)

to heed one's behaviour; be careful look out for the children's health

to be on the watch look out for my mother at the station

(tr) to search for and find I'll look out some curtains for your new house

(foll by on or over) to face in a particular direction the house looks out over the moor

Idioms and Phrases with lookout

lookout

see keep an eye out for (sharp lookout); on the lookout. Also see entries beginning with look out.

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Definition for lookout (2 of 2)

noun

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noun

verb look out (adverb, mainly intr)

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lookout

noun

Origin of lookout

SYNONYMS FOR lookout

Words nearby lookout

Definition for lookout (2 of 2)

noun

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Example sentences from the Web for lookout

British Dictionary definitions for lookout

noun

verb look out (adverb, mainly intr)

Idioms and Phrases with lookout